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compared with the value the total tissue
dose rate as is measured by the Tissue Equie-

vaient Chamber and this means that the Tissue
Equivalent Chamber is a measure of the valid~
ity or the measure of the integrity of our
values.

The Ionization Chambers are primary
stray radiation measurement instruments, they
are little affected, althouch to some extent

but they are little affected by RF pickup end
do sudden variations in the radiation field.

It 142 true.that they may not be
saturated for large instantaneous dose rates,

but this can be tested for, simply by varying the collecting potential across the ionization chamber,

We plan in the future to calibrate

these instruments over a wider range of ener

gies than heretofore.

One big difficulty in the use of
these ionization chambers is the weight of
the electrometers which we require,

The ionization currents are pro-

duced at about ten to the minus thirteen

It ie therefore necessary to uce

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